Here's what IDA's Doll Stanley encountered at an underfunded and understaffed Winona, Mississippi shelter: "I spotted a dead pup in a run with 4 adults. Most of the pup's head was missing. Within minutes we had found 4 dead pups.

After the fourth elephant death at the Toronto Zoo in four years, a California-based animal rights group is calling for the "cramped" and "unnatural" exhibit to be shut down and the three remaining animals sent to a sanctuary.
"The Toronto Zoo lacks

The International Day of Action for Dogs and Cats in Korea is July 14. In Defense of Animals (IDA) will again be co-sponsoring this worldwide event to stop the terrible suffering these animals endure. IDA continues to work with the South Korean animal

Thimble was born on October 4 1999, and so-named by nursery staff for her diminutive size, weighing only 0.29 ounces at birth.
She stayed in the nursery for seven months. Her next weight isn't recorded until she was three months-old, and on

IDA has partnered with Change.org, a national group formed to recommend social reforms to the Obama administration. We encourage each of our supporters to sign up, to click on Ideas, then on Animal Rights (in the lower right-hand corner), and finally,

Please help us assure our country has a Secretary of Interior who really cares about the public lands, wild horses, burros, and all the other animals who share our beautiful country. Rep. Raul M Grijalva (D-AZ) may be emerging as the top contender for

In April, IDA-Project Hope Director Doll Stanley got a call from a woman in Durant, Mississippi who said her neighbor had moved and left her dog behind. The woman had been feeding and watering the neglected Rottweiler, but a more permanent solution was

My name is Karen Snook, and I am the new Executive Director of In Defense of Animals. I'm writing today to ask your help with an issue that I find particularly compelling - the abuse and killing of animals to create art. There used to be a time when, if

"Zoos engaged in nationwide battle with animal rights group over the keeping of pachyderms at facilities"
This headline of an AP article featured the battle that IDA is waging on behalf of elephants in zoos across the country. In the five years that

IDA is looking for activists living in cities with zoos to ensure the animals come first. There are opportunities to get involved at various levels, from simply visiting your local zoo and documenting conditions with your camera to making phone calls